The 10 largest spiders in the world seem straight out of science fiction, with legs from 5.5 inches to over a FOOT wide.

The Goliath birdeater doesn't just it birds. It also eats small rodents, frogs and insects. Milan Zygmunt / Shutterstock ...

The Goliath birdeater spider, native to South America's rainforests, is the biggest spider in the world, with a leg span reaching up to 12 inches (31 cm). The giant huntsman spider, found in Laos, ...

The Goliath birdeater spider, native to South America's rainforests, is the biggest spider in the world, with a leg span reaching up to 12 inches (31 cm). The giant huntsman spider, found in Laos ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

The world's most venomous spider is a frightening ... a five-year-old in about two hours." In 2024, the largest male Sydney funnel-web spider ever documented was discovered in an Australian ...

which has the largest collection of funnel-web spiders in the world. The scientists closely observed the specimens under a microscope and analyzed their genetics. The Sydney funnel-web spider ...

They say good things come in threes—but is that true even for the most venomous spider in the world? Scientists in ... “Big Boy” since it is the largest of the three species.

There have been no deaths since the antivenom was introduced in the 1980s. In 2024, a Sydney funnel-web spider found in Australia set a record as the largest spider at the Australian Reptile Park. It ...

From the same zoo in Australia that gave us giant spiders Hercules and Colossus comes an arachnid that is ... even bigger. The Australian Reptile Park recently recorded its largest male funnel-web ...

This week the Australian Reptile Park welcomed a lethal new resident who they say is the biggest male funnel-web spider ever recorded at 9.2cm from ‘foot to foot’ – and he is named Hemsworth.